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For: Real America News Updated 23 May 2022, 23: 32 pm EDT
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that, “The next few weeks of the war will be difficult. And we must be aware of that. However, we have no alternative but to fight”, Zelenski said.
The most difficult fighting situation is in Donbas, he added, mentioning the cities of Bakhmut, Popasna and Severodonetsk, where “the occupiers have concentrated the most activity so far”.
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The Ukrainian ruler denounced that they organized a massacre there and are trying to destroy everything that lives, “literally. No one destroyed Donbas as much as the Russian army does now”.
Zelensky added that the Russian occupiers intend to show that they will not abandon the occupied areas of the Kharkov region, Kherson, the occupied territory of the Zaporizhia region and Donbas.
In turn, Zelensky said that Vladimir Putin is the only Russian official with whom he is willing to meet, with a single topic on the agenda: stop the war.
However, Zelensky charged that organizing any kind of talks with Moscow is increasingly difficult in light of what he says is evidence of Russian actions against civilians.
Russia denies targeting civilians in what it calls a “special operation” to degrade Ukraine’s military capabilities.
“ The President of the Russian Federation decides everything”, d ijo Zelenski through an interpreter. “If we are talking about ending this war without him personally, that decision cannot be made”.
Zelensky claimed that the discovery of mass killings in areas occupied by Russian troops early in the war, particularly outside of kyiv, made it more difficult to arrange talks and would rule out any discussion with others officials.
“I cannot accept any kind of meeting with anyone who comes from the Russian Federation except the president”, he said. “And only in case there is an issue on the table: stop the war. There are no other reasons for any other type of meeting.”
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